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.TH NET_PROTOCOL_RELEASE 9F "Mar 5, 2012"
.SH NAME
net_protocol_release \- indicate that a reference to a network protocol is no
longer required
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <sys/neti.h>

\fBint\fR \fBnet_protocol_release\fR(\fBnet_handle_t\fR \fIinfo\fR);
.fi

.SH INTERFACE LEVEL
illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI).
.SH PARAMETERS
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIinfo\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
value returned from a successful call to \fBnet_protocol_lookup\fR(9F).
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBnet_protocol_release()\fR function indicates to the network information
framework that the caller is no longer interested in any knowledge about the
network protocol to which the parameter being passed through applies.
.SH RETURN VALUES
The \fBnet_protocol_release()\fR function returns:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB-1\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
The value passed in is unknown to this framework.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB0\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Successful completion.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB1\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Unsuccessful because this function has been called too many times.
.RE

.SH CONTEXT
The \fBnet_protocol_release()\fR function may be called from user,  kernel, or
interrupt context.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Committed
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR attributes (7),
.BR net_protocol_lookup (9F),
.BR net_protocol_walk (9F)
